Sock lining



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SOCK LINING Filed March 27, 1959 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, 1941 U NI T E D STATES PAT ENT F F l C E SOCK LINING Jacob Squire, Astoria, Long Island, N. Y.

Application March 27, 1939, Serial No. 264,396

4 Claims.

This invention relates to shoes and more particularly to suck linings therefor.

One object of the invention; is to provide a sock lining having one or more portions secured together without stitching. More. specifi cally, the object of the invention in this connection is to provide a sock lining with one or more end portions, for example, a heel portion or a toe portion, or both. heel and toe portions secured to the body portion of the sock lining in such manner as to obviate the necessity for overlapping the adjacent ends thereof and for eliminating the stitching which is usually overlapped stitching when the parts are in edge to edge relation, the stitching being objectionable by reason of the fact that it causes. discomfort to the wearer. The sock linings thus provided with one or more attached end portions, as at the toe or heel, are intended primarily for use in ladies shoes of the opentoe or open back type in which said end portions of the sock lin- L ng are visible through the opening or openings in the shoe upper.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sock lining having one or more end portions which contrast in appearance with the body portion of the sock lining andwhlch are attached to the latter in edge to edge relation ierewith by interlocking means on the end and body portions, respectively, of the sock. lining, whereby to obviate stitching or other fastening means extending; through the sock lining or positioned on the upper surface thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sock lining of the character described and having means to prevent separation of the portions of the sock lining in a direction perpendicular to the surface thereof.

The above objects of the invention and other objects which might hereinafter appear will be fully understood from the following description considered with reference to the accompanying drawing, it being understood, however, that the latter are to be considered as illustrative of the invention and not in limitation thereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a sock lining embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 1 showing other forms of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the sock lining in illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a one-piece body portion l2 of major longitudinal extent composed of thin leather or other suitable or conventional sock lining sheet material and end portions [4 and N5 of minor longitudinal extent attached to said body portion and composed preferably of the same material as the latter but having its upper surface of contrasting appearancein respect to the upper surface of body portion I2. Thus, for example, the end portions 14 and I6 at the toe and heel of the sock lining have a color which contrasts with the color of the body portion l2 and if desired said end portions may contrast in color in respect to each other and may also contrast or match the color or material of the shoe upper.

Asherein-before stated, an, important feature of the invention resides in securing the end portion to the body portion of the sock lining in edge to edge relation and in such manner as to eliminate stitching or other fastening means passing through the sock lining or positioned on the upper surface thereof. This is accomplished in accordance With the present invention by providing the toe and heel end portions I 4 and LB with projections l8 which fit into correspondingly shaped recesses 20 in the adjacent edges of body portion l2. Preferably promotions l8 are of dove-tail configuration and interfit. snugly with the correspondingly shaped re- [cesses 20, whereby to prevent separation of said end portions from the body portion. When the projections l8 are of dovetailed configuration and properly fit within the recesses 20, the parts of the sock lining are effectively held together against separation thereof and it is ordinarily unnecessary to provide cement or other adhesive between the contiguous edges of said body and end portions. However, in order to guard against displacement of the end portions. from the body portion in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface thereof, there is provided means for securing the parts- 0f the sock lining against such: displacement. For this purpose there is utilized a narrow strip 22 of very thin leather or fabric, preferably very thin skived leather which is adhesively attached to the bottom surface of the sock lining and extends transversely thereof in overlapping relation to the interlocking joint constituted by the interfitting projections and recesses l8 and 20. It will be observed that there is a fastening strip 22 at the joint at each end portion of the sock lining.

It is within the scope of the present invention to provide a sock lining in which there is only one end portion attached to the body portion thereof as described above in reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Thus for example, as illustrated in Fig. 3 the sock lining Illa has only one attached end portion I ia which is the toe part of the sock lining, and the body portion 12a extends throughout the heel part of the sock lining to the rear edge thereof. This sock lining is intended primarily for use in open toe shoes which are closed at the backs thereof, although it will be understood that they may be used also in open back shoes. In Fig. 4 the sock lining [b has a heel portion ltb which is attached to the body portion I217, while the toe part of the sock lining is integral with the body portion thereof. Sock lining I017 is intended primarily for use in open back shoes having closed toes but may be used in other shoes. It will be understood that sock linings a and lb are in other respects the same as sock lining Ill, there being fastening strips 22a and 221) at the bottom surfaces of sock lining Illa and lfib for preventing separation of the toe and heel parts Ida and [61), respectively, of said sock linings from their companion body portions I 2a and 12b.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be understood that the latter may be embodied otherwise than as here shown and that in the illustrated embodiments certain changes in the details of construction and in the arrangeg,

ment of parts may be made. Thus, for example, while I have illustrated the projections l8 as of dovetailed configuration, it will be understood that while such configuration is preferred and possesses substantial advantages, said projections and the corresponding recesses may be of other shapes and forms. Other changes will occur to those skilled in the art in view of the present disclosure. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the invention as herein shown or described, except as may be required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a sock lining composed of a single layer of suitable sheet material such as thin leather of sock-lining thickness and comprising a main part and an end .part disposed in abutting edge to edge relation and in the same plane, the opposite surfaces of said parts constituting the opposite surfaces of the sock lining, the upper surfaces of said parts being exposed and differing from each other in appearance, the abutting edges of said parts being formed with interfitting recesses and projections and extending transversely of the sock lining from one side edge thereof to the opposite side edge thereof, the outer edges of said parts coinciding with the peripheral edge of the sock lining, said interfitt-ing recesses and projections of said parts being shaped to hold said parts together in said abutting edge to edge relation.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a sock lining composed of suitable sheet material such as thin leather, said sock lining comprising a one-piece body portion of major longitudinal extent and an initially separate end portion of minor longitudinal extent at one extreme end of the sock lining, said body and end portions being disposed in abutting edge to edge relation and in the same plane, the abutting edges of said portions being formed with interfitting recesses and projections and extending from one point at the peripheral edge of the sock lining to another point at said peripheral edge spaced from said first mentioned point and each of said parts having an outer edge portion forming a part of said peripheral edge, said interfitting recesses and projections of said parts being shaped to hold said parts together in said abutting edge to edge relation, the upper surfaces of said body and end portions constituting the upper surface of the sock lining.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a sock lining composed of suitable sheet material such as thin leather, said sock lining comprising a one-piece body portion of major longitudinal eX- tent and an initially separate end portion of minor longitudinal extent at one extreme end of the sock lining, said one-piece body portion extending to the opposite end of the sock lining, said body and end portions being disposed in abutting edge to edge relation and in the same plane, the abutting edges of said portions being formed with interfitting recesses and projections and extending from one point at the peripheral edge of the sock lining to another point at said peripheral edge spaced from said first mentioned point and each of said parts having an outer edge portion forming a part of said peripheral edge, said interfitting recesses and projections of said parts being shaped to hold said parts together in said abutting edge to edge relation, the upper surfaces of said body and end portions constituting the upper surface of the sock linmg.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a sock lining composed of suitable sheet material such as thin leather, said sock lining comprising a onepiece body portion of major longitudinal extent and initially separate end portions, each of minor longitudinal extent, at the toe and heel, respectively, of the sock lining, said body and the adjacent end portion being disposed in abutting edge to edge relation and in the same plane, the abutting edges of said portions being formed with interfitting recesses and projections and extending from one point at the peripheral edge of the sock lining to another point at said peripheral edge spaced from said first mentioned point and each of said parts having an outer edge portion forming a part of said peripheral edge, said interfitting recesses and projections of said parts being shaped to hold said parts together in said abutting edge to edge relation, the upper surfaces of said body and end portions constituting the upper surface of the sock lining.

JACOB SQUIRE. 

